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TO THE GOVERNOR 



Under the Terms of Act 95 of 1918 



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REPORT 



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Park Memorial 
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TO THE GOVERNOR 



Under the Terms of Act 95 of 1918 



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REPORT OP THE LOUISIANA-VICKSBURG PARK 
MEMORIAL COMMISSION. 

New Orleans, La., June 12, 1922. 
To the Honorable John 31. Parker, Governor of Louisiana. 
Dear Governor : 

The Louisiana- Vicksburg Park Memorial Commission, begs 
to present to you its final report under the terms of Act 95 of 
1918, approved July 3rd, which reads as follows : 

"AN ACT 

To commemorate the unselfish devotion to duty, steadfast pa- 
triotism and heroic services of Louisiana Soldiers in the cam- 
paign and defense of Vicksburg. By a State ]\Iemorial on the 
Vicksburg Battlefield Park, by bronze relief portraits of three 
Louisiana officers in said park ; to ceate and to provide for 
the appointment of a Commission ; to make an appropriation 
for said purposes. 
Be it enacted by_ the' Greneral Assembly of the State of Lou- 
isiana : " " ' , ., . 

Section 1. That the Governor shall appoint a Commission of 
five members to he knoAvn as The Louisiana-Vicksburg Park iMe- 
morial Commission, charged with the duty of carrying out the 
provisions of this Act. Said Commissioners shall serve without 
compensation, except their actual expenses in the performance 
of their official duties under this Act, they shall elect from their 
number a President, Vice-President, Secretary' and Treasurer, 
which elections shall be officially certified to the Governor ; and 
they shall erect on Louisiana Avenue in the Vicksburg National 
'Military Park a State Memorial ; and, shall place on Confederate 
Avenue in said Park, memorial bronze relief portraits of Lieut. 
Colonels Madison Rogers, (17th Infantry), S. H. Griffin, (31st 
Infantry), L. L. IMcLaurin, (27th Infantry) ; Louisiana officers 
killed on duty in the trenches during the defense of Vicksburg. 
Section 2. That all expenditures from the appropriation made 
by this Act shall be warranted for and paid out only upon the 
signatures of the President and Secretary of the Commission on 
warrants drawn upon the State Treasury through the State Au- 
ditor specifying for what purpose drawn, in each case. 

Section 3. That the Governor shall fill vacancies that may oc- 
cur in said Commission, by reason of death, or otherwise, by new 
appointments. 



Section 4. That the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars is hereby- 
appropriated out of the funds in the State Treasury, not other- 
wise appropriated ; Twentj'-five Thousand Dollars out of the 
funds of 1918-1919 ; and Same Amount out of the funds of 
1919-1920 to be used in carrying out the provisions of this Act. 

Section 5. That said Commission shall make annual reports in 
writing to the Governor, and shall make a final written report to 
him, covering the entire work, with an itemized statement of its 
cost, upon the completion thereof." 

Pursuant to tb.e call of the Governor of the State, the Lou- 
isiana-Vicksburg Park Commission created by Act No. 95 of the 
Legislative Session of Louisiana of 1918 approved July 3rd, met 
for organization in the office of the Attorney General in the New 
Court House Building at the City of New Orleans, Saturday, 
December 14th, 1918, at 11 o'clock a. m. The deliberations of 
this meeting were as follows: 

"In the absence of the Governor, the meeting was called to 
order by Captain Lewis Guion, Confederate Commissioner of the 
Vicksburg Military Park and on the roll being called the follow- 
ing members answered to their names : P. L. De Clouet, W. 0. 
Hart, J. D. Hill and Richard N. Rea. It was announced that Mr. 
De Clouet had been appointed to succeed A. L. Jewell, first ap- 
pointed but who declined the appointment. Mr. J. D. Hamilton, 
the fifth member of the Commission, was absent. 

"At the request of Captain Guion, Mr. Hart read the Act 
after which Captain Guion announced that nominations for 
President were in order; Colonel J. D. Hill was nominated for 
President of the Commission and inianimouslj^ elected and as- 
sumed the Chair, and thereupon the following other officers were 
elected also unanimously : Vice-President P. L. DeClouet ; Treas- 
urer, Richard N. Rea; Secretary, W. 0. Hart. 

"As the Attorney General ruled, however, that all disburse- 
ments of the appropriation made for the work of the Commission 
should be disbursed by the Auditor, the Treasurer had no duties 
to perform. 

"In accepting the election ]\lr. Hart stated that he felt it was 
given to him in compliment of his father, Toby Hart, who as 
Captain of Company 'E', Eiglith Louisiana Battalion, Heavy 
Artillery, served in the Vicksburg Campaign. 



"Captain Guion announced that on December 13th, he had 
sent a telegram to Captain W. T. Rigby, Superintendent of the 
Vicksburg Military Park, reading as follows : ' Louisiana Park 
Commission Meets Saturday Eleven o 'Clock, New Court House ; 
Hope You May Be Present to Advise Us. Answer.' And that 
in the afternoon of the same day he received answer to said 
telegram reading as follows: 'Can't Attend Tomorrow. Give My 
Fraternal Regards to Louisiana Commissioners. Suggest That 
They Hold Early Meeting Here and in Connection With Pro- 
posed ^Meeting National Commission.' 

"On motion of Mr. Hart an advisory Committee was selected 
by the Commission to consist of the following persons : Hon- 
orable R. G. Pleasant, Governor of Louisiana; Captain Lewis 
Guion, Confederate Commissioner, Vicksburg ]\Iilitary Park; 
General A. B. Booth, Commissioner of Confederate Military Rec- 
ords; and Captain W. T. Rigby, Superintendent, Vicksburg 
Military Park ; Captain Guion and General Booth being present 
were invited to sit with the Commission during the remainder 
of its deliberations. 

"The first question presented was as to the next meeting of 
the Commission, and it was Resolved ; That if the National Com- 
mission would meet in Vicksburg on Saturday, December 28th, 
the Louisiana Commission would meet there at the same time 
and the Secretary was requested to write to Captain Rigby on 
this point and Captain Guion stated that he would also com- 
municate with Major Rigby and with Captain Everest, the other 
member of the National Commission and w^ould notify the Secre- 
tary whar arrangements could be made and thereupon the 
Secretary would notify the members of the Louisiana Commis- 
sion. 

"It was agreed that until further notice the headquarters of 
the Commission would be at the office of the Secretary, 134 
Carondelet Street upstair, and the Secretary announced that all 
mail for the Commission could be sent to his Box, P. 0. Drawer 
No. 1660. 

"The president called the attention of the Commission to the 
fact that the Act provided that in addition to erecting a monu- 
ment in Vicksburg Military Park to represent the Valor of Lou- 



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isiana Troops, there sliould filso be erected three memorial 
bronze relief portraits respectively for Lieuteuant Colonel's 
Rogers, Griffin and McLaurin, and the Secretary was directed 
to communicate with Captain Rigby to get some estimate as to 
about what said memorials would cost and to follow up the cor- 
respondence in getting such other information on the subject 
as might be beneficial to the Commission. 

"On motion of Mr. Rea, a Committee consisting of the Presi- 
dent, Secretary and Mr. Hamilton was appointed to consider 
how designs should be asked for and bids solicited, the Com- 
mittee to report at the next meeting of the Commission or as soon 
thereafter as possible. 

"The Secretary was directed to send copy of the Minutes 
to the Governor as evidencing the organization of the Commis- 
sion provided for in the Act and also to send copies of the 
Minutes to all the members of the Commission and the members 
of the Advisory Committee. 

"It was suggested that it would be a proper compliment to 
the present Governor of the State of Louisiana if the monu- 
ment could be completed and unveiled during his term of office 
and the Connnission will endeavor in every way to have this 
brought about; it was also suggested that tlie cornerstone of the 
monument be laid early in the Spring on some day identified 
with the History of Louisiana, the date to be hereafter selected. 

"Subject to the meeting on December 28th, as above stated, 
the Commission then adjourned subject to the call of the Presi- 
dent." 

At the meeting in Vicksburg on December 28, 1918, only ]\Ir. 
DeClouet and Mr. Rea were present, but they conferred with 
Captain W. T. Rigb}'' and Mr. Everest, members of the National 
Commission and reported to the president of tlie Louisiana Com- 
mission as follows : 

"The site on which it is proposed to erect the Louisiana 
Memorial Monument is an ideal one. It is on Louisiana Avenue, 
on one of the highest liills in the Park and commanding a view 
of the po.sitions occupied by the Soutliern and the T'^nion armies 
during the siege of Vicksburg. Suggestions were offered by Cap- 
tain Rigby as to the style of the proposed monument, its cost and 



the names of eminent sculptors able to execute his ideas, all of 
which will be communicated to the Commission at its next meet- 
ing." 

Many other meetings of the Commission were held, at one of 
which the Commission was fortunate to obtain the services of Mr. 
A. F. Theard, one of the leading- Civil Engineers of Louisiana, 
to act as Engineer of the Commission and under his direction, 
bids were solicited. But two were received and one of these, from 
the Albert Weiblen ]\Iarble & Granite Company of New Orleans, 
was accompanied by a magnificent model, which was placed in 
the office of the Secretary and many Confederate Veterans and 
others interested were invited to visit and did visit and examine 
same. ' 

The next important meeting of the Commission was held on 
May 12, 1919, at the office of the Secretary, No. 134 Carondelet 
Street, at eight o'clock P. M., when were present of the Com- 
mission: Colonel J. D. Hill, President; Captain P. L. DeClouet, 
Vice-President; Captain Richard N. Rea, Treasurer; and W. 0. 
Hart, Secretary; General A. B. Booth of the Advisory Commit- 
tee was also present. 

The deliberations of this meeting were as follows : 

"Excuses were read from Captain Guion, Governor Pleasant 
and Captain Rigby, 

"The Secretary reported that Y/. B. Diamond had been ap- 
pointed the fifth member of the Commission to succeed Mr. J. D. 
Hamilton, deceased, and read a letter from the Secretary of 
State .showing that though tlie appointment was made on March 
18th, Mr. Diamond had not qualified. The Secretary also re- 
ported that letters written to Mr. Diamond had not been answer- 
ed or returned and that he had written to the Governor request- 
ing that another appointment be made, which the Governor said 
he would consider and act upon in due course. The Secretary 
read a letter from the Auditor that part of the fund appropriat- 
ed by the act of the General Assembly of 1918 was now available. 

"Mr. A. F. Theard, the engineer heretofore consulted by the 
Commission was invited to appear before them and handed to 
each member a sketcli showing the relative size and general ap- 
pearance of the two designs heretofore submitted, one by the 



Weiblen Company and one by the DeLucas Company ; the model 
of the proposed Weiblen design was also examined to the Com- 
mission ; Mr. Theard who had jnst returned from Vicksburg, 
made a report of conditions there and what would be neces- 
sary to change the Weiblen design to fit conditions existing at 
Vicksburg; he also stated that he had been informed and the 
Secretary was requested to verify this information, that the Na- 
tional Vicksburg Park Commission would build the foundation 
for the monument as v/ell as the foundations for the pedestals on 
which to place the bronze medallions of the three Lieutenant- 
Colonels killed in the trenches at the expense of the Commission, 
and relieve the Louisiana Commission from all expense there- 
for and if Mr. Theard would be employed by the Louisiana Com- 
mission the work would be done under his superintendence. After 
a full consideration of the matter from every angle, the follow- 
ing resolution was adopted : 

"Resolved: That Mr. A. F. Theard, Civil Engineer, be em- 
ployed to supervise the building of the Louisiana Monument in 
the Vicksburg Military Park upon the terms set forth in his 
letter heretofore submitted to the Commission and copy thereof 
sent to each member ; his compensation to be six per cent, of the 
contract price and should his travelling expenses exceed ten per 
cent, of the amount of his commission, then the excess is to be 
paid by the Commission, the whole in accordance with the let- 
ter of Mr. Theard to the Secretary of the Commission, dated 
March 20, 1919. 

"On further consideration and after discussion the Weiblen 
design was accepted subject to the necessary changes and Mr. 
Theard was instructed to at once communicate with the Weiblen 
Company so as to have a new model ready for the next meet- 
ing of the Commission. 

"The Secretary reported that through a notice in the Con- 
federate Veteran he had received a letter from Doctor Milton 
Dunn of Melrose, Louisiana, giving the name of a relative of 
Colonel L. L. INIcLaurin, one of the Lieutenant-Colonels killed 
in the siege of Vicksburg: Mrs. A. A. Airey, of Clarence, Lou- 
isiana, who stated that she had his picture ; the Secretary was 
instructed to try and get it and have same copied and enlarged 
so that the medallion might be made therefrom. 



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"General Booth, a member of the Advisory Committee and 
Compiler of ^lilitary Records, said he would, if possible, give 
further information to the Secretary to enable him to trace up 
the portraits of Lieutenant-Colonels Rogers and Griffin; sub- 
sequently, portraits of Colonels Rogers and Griffin were obtain- 
ed and the tablets made. 

"At the next meeting of the Commission on June 2nd, 1919, 
the Weiblen Bid was formally accepted and contract authorized 
by the following resolution : 

"Resolved by the Louisiana-Vicksburg Park Memorial Com- 
mission at a meeting held on June 2nd, 1919, that tlie proposal 
and bid of the A. Weiblen Marble and Granite Company, to 
to erect in the Vicksburg ^lilitary Park, the Louisiana Monu- 
ment in accordance with the plans and specifications drawn by 
Mr. A. F. Theard, the Engineer of the Commission, for the price 
and sum of Forty-three Thousand, Five Hundred and Forty- 
four and 59/100 Dollars, each be accepted. 

"And further, that the bid of the same company to erect the 
three smaller monuments or markers, to be placed as directed by 
the Act of the General Assembly of Louisiana creating the Com- 
mission, Xo. 95 of 1918, also be accepted, and the President of the 
Commission authorized to enter into a notarial contract with the 
said Company, said contract to be approved by Mr. Theard; the 
bond to be given by said Company, if. other than a Surety Com- 
l)any, to be to the satisfaction of the President of the Commis- 
sion and tlie Bond to contain the stipulation that it shall be a 
continuing Bond until final completion and acceptance of the 
work and shall be construed according to the laws of Louisiana 
and Mississippi." 

The contract reads as follows: 

"State of Louisiana, 
"Parish of Orleans, 

"Be it known, that on this eighteenth clay of the month of 
June, in the year one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, 

"Before Me, Frank William Hart, a Notary Public, duly 
commissioned and qualified, in and for the State of Louisiana, 
Parish of Orleanse, therein residing, and in the presence of the 
witnesses hereinafter named and undersigned, 

"Personally Came and Appeared : 



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"1. James D. Hill, President of and herein representing the 
Loiiisiana-Vicksburg Park Memorial Commission, created by Act 
No. 95 of 1918, of the General Assembly of the State of Lonisiana, 
acting herein nnder and by virtue of a resolution adopted by said 
commission at a meeting held June 2, 1919 a duly certified copy 
of which resolution is annexed hereto as part hereof, and 

"2. Albert Weiblen, President of and herein representing 
the Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Company, Incorporated, 
a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Louisiana, 
domiciled in the City of New Orleans, acting herein under and by 
virtue of a resolution of the Board of Directors of said Corpora- 
tion, adopted at a meeting held on June 18th, 1919, a duly certi- 
fied copy of which resolution is annexed hereto as part hereof, 
Avhieh said a])pearers. in tlieir aforesaid capacities, declared that 
the said Louisiana- Vicksburg Park Memorial Commission here- 
inafter referred to as the ' Commission ', and the said Albert 
Weiblen Marble & Granite Company Incorporated, hereinafter 
referred to as the 'Contractor' have entered into an agree- 
ment and do hereby enter into an agreement for the erection 
in the Vicksburg Military Park, in the State of Mississippi : 

"1 — Of the Louisiana Monument to be erected and con- 
structed and completed in a thorough, workmanlike manner, to 
the satisfaction of the Engineer of said Commission, together 
with all adjunct and auxiliary work (except foundations) and 
all to be done in accordance with drawings, specifications and 
conditions prepared by Alfred F. Theard, Engineer of the City 
of New Orleans, which said drawings, specifications and condi- 
tions are marked Exhibit 'A' and Exhibit 'B', and are an- 
nexed hereto as part hereof. 

"2 — Of three (3) small monuments or markers to be placed 
as directed by the Act of the General Assembly- of Louisiana, 
creating said Commission and to be constructed in accordance 
with directions of the Vicksburg National Park Commission. 

"The Contractor agrees to do said work in strict accordance 
with the plans and specifications aforesaid and hereto annexed, 
and to the satisfaction and under the direction of the Commis- 
sion and of said Theard, Engineer, or of any other Engineer 
whom said Commission may select. 

"l^he Contractor agrees to do and perform all of said work 
in connection with the erection and construction of the Louisiana 
Monument for the sum of Forty-three Thousand Five Hundred 
Forty-four and 59/100 (.$43,544.59) Dollars, to be paid as pro- 
vided in Section 30 of the specifications hereto annexed, as fol- 
lows: 

"At any time after a ]-)eriod of not less than three (3) months 
after the signing of this Contract the Contractor shall have the 



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right to apply for an estimate of the amount of work then com- 
pleted according to the stipulations of this contract. The En- 
gineer will make such estimate and report his findings to the 
President of the Commission. If it is so recommended by the 
Engineer and approved by the said President of the Commis- 
sion, a certificate will be issued fixing the value of the work 
then completed and a warrant, in payment, for eighty (80) per 
cent of such amount shall be issued to the Contractor. From 
time to time thereafter, but at intervals of not less than sixty 
(60) days, estimates of the work completed to date will be made 
by the Engineer and reported to the President of the Commis- 
sion and a certificate for eighty (80) per cent of such amount 
as may be due the Contractor, less all previous pajanents, and 
deductions, will be issued in the manner above prescribed ; it 
being understood that, as far as is practicable, no w^arrants shall 
be issued for payment of any completed work in advance of the 
time when State appropriations are available. 

"And said Contractor further agrees to do and perform all of 
the work in connection with the erection and construction of the 
three small monuments or markers for the sum of Seven Hun- 
dred and Two ($702.00) Dollars, for the three (3) to be paid for 
upon the completion and erection and acceptance thereof by the 
Commission. 

"The Commission hereby names Alfred F. Theard, Engineer, 
to supervise the work to be done under this contract, but re- 
serves the right to name any other Engineer, Architect or 
Inspector to take his place at any time during the pendency of 
this work. 

"It is agreed and understood that the bond given by the 
Contractor in connection with this contract shall be a continuing 
bond to remain in full force and effect until the final completion 
and acceptance of the work, and it is also agreed and understood 
that the said bond shall be construed according to the laws of 
the State of Louisiana, and of the State of Mississippi. 

"And to secure the faithful performance of its obligations un- 
der this contract, the said Albert Weiblen Marble & Cranite 
Company, through its President Albert "Weiblen, aforesaid, here- 
by binds and obligates itself unto the said Louisiana Vicksburg 
Park Memorial Commission in the full sum of Twelve Thousand 
($12,000.00) Dollars, for the payment of which it binds itself, its 
successors and assigns firmly by these presents. 

"And now to this contract and bond personally intervened 
Albert Weiblen, of the City of New Orleans, who having taken 
cognizance of the foregoing contract in all its parts binds him- 
self as suretv for the said Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Com- 
pany, in the full sum of Twelve Thousand ($12,000.00) Dol- 



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lars, to carry out its obligations as set' forth in said contract; 
this bond to be a continuous and existing bond until the comple- 
tion of work and acceptance thereof and to be construed both 
with reference to the laws of Louisiana and Mississippi, and to 
represent this guarantee of suretyship he has deposited with 
the Commercial Trust & Savings Bank, the securities set forth 
in the resolution hereto annexed, and is to furnish the obligation 
of said bank to hold said securities to the order of said Commis- 
sioners until the final acceptance of the work hereby contracted 
for. 

"Thus Done and. Passed, in my office, in the City of New 
Orleans, on the day, month and year first above written, in the 
presence of W. 0. Hart and Alfred F. Theard competent wit- 
nesses, who have hereunto signed their names with said appear- 
ers and me. Notary, after due reading of the whole. 
"Witnesses: 

"W. 0. Hart, . "James D. Hill, 

"Alf. F. Theard. "Albert Weiblen, President, 

"Albert Weiblen. 
"Frank Wm. Hart, 

"Notary Public." 

Work on the ^Monument progressed rapidly and on July 10, 
1919, ground was broken for the Monument, the program on 
that occasion, being as follows : 

PROGRAM 

Presiding Officer Captain Lewis Guion 

Confederate Commissioner Vicksburg National Military 
Park and Captain in the Twenty-Sixth Louisiana Infan- 
trv, which participated in the Vicksburg Campaign of 
1863. 

Invocation Rev. C. E. Woodson 

of Christ P. E. Church 

Addi-oss of Welcome Hon. J. J. Hayes 

Mayor of Vicksburg. 
Music — "The Stars and Stripes Forever.". 

Presentation of Site Captain W. T. Rigby 

Chairman of the Vicksburg National Military Park Com- 
mission. 
Song — ' ' America. ' ' 

Acceptance of Site and Address Colonel J. D. Hill 

President of the Louisiana-Vicksburg Park ^Memorial Com- 
mission and Captain in the Twenty-Eighth Louisiana In- 



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fantry, which participated in the Vicksburg Campaign of 
1863. 
Song — ' ' Louisiana. ' ' 

Delivery of Spade for the Breaking of Ground 

■ Mr. Alfred F. Theard 

Engineer of the Louisiana-Vicksburg Park Memorial Com- 
mission. 

Breaking of Ground 

By Colonel Hill ; Captain P. L. DeClonet, Vice-President of 
the Louisiana Vicksburg Park Memorial Commission, son 
of Alexander DeClouet, Colonel Twenty-Sixth Infantry 
during the first bombardment of Vicksburg, and wiio 
served in the Virginia and Tennessee Campaigns; and 
Captain Richard N. Rea, Treasurer of the Louisiana Vicks- 
burg Park Memorial Commission and Member of the 
Forty-Sixth Mississippi Regiment of Baldwin's Brigade, 
which participated in the Vicksburg Campaign of 1863. 
Song — "Dixie." 

Exhibit of Model of Monument Mr. Albert AVeiblen 

President of the Albert Weiblen Marble and Granite Com- 
pany, contractor for the building of the Monument. 
Model unveiled hy j\Irs. 0. M. Boatner, daughter of Captain 

Guion. 
Reading of Telegram to the Governor of Louisiana, "Ground 
broken today at Vicksburg for Louisiana Confederate 

Monument" Mr. W. 0. Hart 

Secretary of the Louisiana-Vicksburg Park Memorial Com- 
mission and son of Captain Toby Hart, Company "E," 
"Eighth Louisiana Battalion, Heavy Artillery, which par- 
ticipated in the Vicksburg Campaign of 1863. 

Address on behalf of the United States Captain T. G. Berrien 

Commander United States Naval Flotilla. 
Reading of Louisiana Commands in the Vicksburg Campaign 

of 1863 General A. B. Booth 

Commissioner Louisiana Military Records and Member of 
Company "K", Third Louisiana Infantry, which par- 
ticipated in the Vicksburg Campaign of 1863. 

Benediction Rev. M. A. McHale 

St. Paul's Catholic Church. 

Captain DeClouet, a member of the Commission died on Sep- 
tember 9th, 1919, and no successor was appointed to his mem- 
bership on the Commission. 

On January 12, 1920, Captain Lewis Guion, Confederate 
Commissioner of the Vicksburg Military Park and one of the 



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members of the Advisoiy Committee of the Commission died, 
and during the time his funeral services were being held, a flag 
at half-mast, floated over the Louisiana site in the Vicksburg 
Park. 

On September 18, 1920, with simple but impressive cere- 
monies, the cornerstone of the Monument was laid, the address of 
the President of the Commission, Colonel Hill, embracing a 
brief history of the origin and reason for the placing of corner- 
stones on Monuments and important buildings. 

The following is a list of the Contents of the Corner Stone 
of the Louisiana State Memorial to Confederate Veterans in the 
Vicksburg National Military Park Placed Saturday, September 
18th, 1920 : 

1. Copy of the Act of the General Assembly of Louisiana, No. 
95 of 1918, approved July 3rd, for the building of the Louisiana 
State ^lemorial in the Vicksburg National Military Park, and 
roster of the General Assembly which adopted the Act. 

2. Copy of the contract with the Albert Weiblen Marble and 
Granite Company for the building of the Louisiana State Me- 
morial in the Vicksburg National INIilitary Park, June 18, 1919, 
and copies of plans. 

3. Program of breaking ground for the Louisiana State Me- 
morial in the Vicksburg National Park, containing a picture of 
the Memorial. 

4. Portrait of ^lajor Paul Louis DeClouet. a member of the 
Louisiana-Vicksburg Park Memorial Commission, and who died 
on September 19, 1919. 

5. Account of the funeral of Major Paul Louis DeClouet. 

6. Portrait of Capt. Louis Guion, Confederate Commissioner 
of the Vicksburg National Military Park and member of the 
Advisory Committee of the Louisiana Vicksburg Park Memorial 
Connuission, and who died on January 12, 1920. 

7. Copy of invitation to Dedication of Louisiana State Me- 
morial in Vicksburg National Military Park, October 18, 1920. 

8. Commemorative Ode, written by Miss May Ethel Gut- 
mann, and to be read by her at the Dedication of the Louisiana 
State Memorial in the Vicksburg National Military Park on 
October 18, 1920. 

9. State Flag of Louisiana, officially adopted by Act No. 
39 of 1912, approved July 1st. 

10. Official Flag of tlie City of New Orleans, adopted by the 
Commission Council, Ordinance C. C. S. 4889, February 5, 1918. 



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11. Coins of the United States of 1920. 

Half dollar. 
Quarter dollar. 
Dime. 
Five cents. 
One cent. 

12. Portrait of Major Frederick Nash Ogden, who command- 
ed the Eighth Louisiana Battalion, Heavy Artillery, in the Vicks- 
bnrg Campaign, who died May 25, 1886. 

VS. Account of the funeral of jNlajor Frederick Nash Ogden, 

14. Portrait of Capt. Toby Hart (father of W. 0. Hart), of 
Company E, Eighth Louisiana Battalion, Heavy Artillery, which 
served in the Vicksburg Campaign, and a member of the Com- 
mission which selected the site for the Louisiana State Memorial, 
and who died on December 17, 1907. 

15. Portrait of Colonel J. D. Hill, President, and portrait of 
W. 0. Hart, Secretary, Louisiana Vicksburg Park Memorial 
Commission. 

16. History of the Monument in New Orleans to General 
G. T. Beauregard, unveiled November 11, 1915. 

17. Paper Currency of the Confederate States of America. 

18. Copy of the New Orleans Times-Pica^iine of Friday, 
September 17, 1920. 

19. History of the Vicksburg National Military Park and 
of the Vicksburg Campaign of 1863. Booklet of the Reunion of 
the Blue and the Gray in Vicksburg National Military Park, 
October, 1917, with l)adges thereof and list of Louisiana Confed- 
erate Soldiers who attended. 

20. Copies of Acts of the General Assembly of Louisiana, No. 
76 of 1902, approved July 5th, and No. 161 of 1904, approved 
July 5th, authorizing the appointment of a Commission to ascer- 
tain and exactly determine the position of Louisiana Troops in 
the Defense of Vicksburg. 

21. Reports of the Louisiana Commissioner (General A. B. 
Booth, member of the Advisory Committee of the Louisiana 
Vicksburg Park Memorial Commission) charged with the com- 
pilation of Confederate Military Records for 1918 and 1920. 

22. Copy of the New Orleans Item of Saturday, September 
18, 1920. 

23. Copy of the New Orleans States of Saturday, September 
18, 1920. 

24. Copy of the Vicksburg Herald of September 18, 1920, 
and the Vicksburg Evening Post of September 18, 1920. 

25. Group Picture of the Louisiana Vicksburg Park Memo- 
rial Commission : 

Col. J. D. Hill, President. 

Capt. Richard N. Rea, Treasurer. 

W. 0. Hart, Secretary, 



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Capt. W. T. Rigby, Chairman of the Vicksburg Na- 
tional Military Park Commission and member of the 
Advisory Committee of the Louisiana Vicksburg Park 
Memorial Commission. 

A. F. Theard, p]ngineer Louisiana Vicksburg Park 
Memorial Commission. 

R. D. Betts, Engineer for the Vicksburg National 
jMilitary Park Commission. 

26. Portrait of Capt. Richard N. Rea, Treasurer of the Lou- 
isiana Vicksburg Park Memorial Commission. 

27. Copies of the Vicksburg Herald of July 10 and 11, 1919, 
containing accounts of the breaking of the ground for the Lou- 
isiana State jNIemorial in the Vicksburg National Military Park 
on July 10, 1919. 

28. Pieces of shell, caps, bullets, knife with initials "P. D." 
and other relics found in making excavations for the foundation 
of the Louisiana State Memorial. 

29. Report of the Vicksburg National Military Park Commis- 
sion for 1919. 

30. Vicksburg for the Tourists (1917), containing pictures 
of many monuments and State Memorials in the Vicksburg Na- 
tional Military Park. 

31. Dedication of the Statue of Lieut. Gen. Stephen D. Lee, 
C. S. A., in the Vicksburg National Military Park on June 11, 
1909 containing picture of the Statue. 

32. Dedication of the Virginia Tablet in the Vicksburg Na- 
tional Militarj^ Park on November 22, 1907, containing address 
of Miss Mary Johnston, daughter of Capt. John W. Johnston, 
commanding Botetourt, Virginia Artillery, and author of "To 
Have and to Hold," "Cease Firing," "The Long Roll," and 
other works. 

33. Portrait of Capt. W. T. Rigby, Chairman of the Vicks- 
burg National Military Park Commission. 

34. Portrait of General Stephen D. Lee. 

35. Picture of General Pemberton's Headquarters. 

36. Certificate of Contents of Comer-Stone of the Louisiana 
State Memorial, laid Saturday, September 18, 1920. 

37. Roster of the General Assembly of Louisiana of 1918. 

(Signed) 

LOUISIANA VICKSBURG PARK 
MEMORIAL COMMISSION, 
J. D. Hill, President. 
Richard H. Rea, Treasurer. 
W. 0. Hart, Secretary. 

W. T. Rigby, Member of Advisory Committee. 
A. F. Theard, Engineer of Commission. 
Albert Weiblen, Builder of the Monument. 
R. I). Betts, P^ngineer for the Vicksburg National 
Military Park Commission. 



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On October 18, 1920, with elaborate ceremonies, the Monu- 
ment was unveiled, dedicated and delivered by the Governor of 
Louisiana to the National Commission, and on the same day, 
preceding these ceremonies, a Memorial Arch to the Blue and 
the Gray at the entrance of the Park was also dedicated and all 
the members of the Commission and the entire Louisiana dele- 
gation took part therein. 

The program on that occasion was as follows. 

PROGRAM. 

Presiding Officer Colonel James D. Hill 

President of the Louisiana- Vicksburg Park Memorial Com- 
mission, and Captain in the Twenty-Eighth Louisiana In- 
fantry, which participated in the Vicksburg Campaign of 
1863. 

Invocation Rev. R. H. Prosser 

Chaplain U. C. V., Louisiana Division. 
Song, "The Vacant Chairs," 

In Memory of Captain Lewis Guion and Captain P. L. De 
Clouet. " 
"Louisiana's Confederate Soldiers in the War Between the 

States" Hon. R. G. Pleasant 

Governor of Louisiana from 1916 to 1920, and who signed 
the Act for the building of the Memorial. (Read by Gen. 
0. D. Brooks, General Commanding Louisiana Division, 
United Confederate Veterans.) 
Song — ' ' Louisiana. ' ' 
Reading of Contents of Corner-Stone, laid September 18, 1920 

General A. B. Booth 

Commissioner Louisiana Military Records and member of 
Company "K", Third Louisiana Infantry, which par- 
ticipated in the Vicksburg Campaign of 1863. 

Reading of Responses to Invitations ^Ir. W. 0. Hart 

Secretary of the Louisiana Vicksburg Park Commission, and 
son of Captain Toby Hart, Company "E" Eighth Louis- 
iana Battalion, Heavy Artillery, which participated in 
the Vicksburg Campaign of 1863. 
Delivery of the Louisiana State IMemorial to the State of 

Ijouisiana Captain Richard N. Rea 

Treasurer of the Louisiana- Vicksburg Parle Memorial Com- 
mission and member of the Forty-Sixth Mississippi Regi- 
ment of Baldwin's Brigade, which participated in the 
Vicksburg Campaign of 1863. 



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Response and Presentation of the Memorial to the United 

States Hon. John M. Parker 

Governor of Louisiana. 
Song, "The Call of the Flag," 

Unveiling of the Louisiana State Memorial 

Mrs. Frederick N. Ogden and Mrs. Edward R. Cameron, 
(daughter of Captain Rigbj-), assisted by Mr. Alfred F. 
Theard, Engineer of the Louisiana Vicksburg Park Me- 
morial Commission; Mr. Albert Weiblen, President of 
the Albert Weiblen Marble and Granite Company, builder 
of the Memorial; Mr. R. D. Betts, Engineer for the 
Vicksburg National Military Park Commission; Captain 
F. L. Richardson, Fifth Company, Washington Artillery, 
and J. W. Noyes, Fenner's Battery. 
Acceptance of the Louisiana State Memorial for the United 

States Colonel Henry Clay Newcomer 

Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army representing Hon. Newton 
D. Baker, Secretary of War. 

Commemorative Address Colonel Hill 

Song "Dixie." 

Memorial Ode AVritteii and read 1^3' Miss Ethel May Gutmann 

of New Orleans. 

To the Luiiisiuna State Memorial 
111 the \'icksbiirg National Military Park 

Lofty, impressive, alone it stands 

Scarce seeming the work of human hands, 

A mighty pillar white as snow-, 

Like a Greek column of long ago ; 

Such as was seen in the Parthenon, 

The pride of Athenians in ages gone. 

On high, the incense cast on brazier flame 

Burns bright for those who, unknown to fame. 

Served nobly under the Southern banner 

The gallant dead from our Louisiana, 

May the flame keep bright, in our heart and tiiought, 

.Memories of those who so bravely fought. 

May it help us to lead a nobler life. 

Loving all mankind, keep us free from strife. 

"A Voice from the Blue" Captain F. A. Roziene 

Of Illinois, Chairman of the National Association of Vicks- 
burg Veterans. 

Song, "Silver Threads Among the Gold." 

Louisiana's Work in the Vicksburg National .Military Park 

Described by Captain W. T. Rigby 

Chairman of the Vicksburg National Military Park Com- 
mission. 



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]Honumeiits : 

Thirteen in honor of the following Louisiana Commands: 
Eighth Heavy Artillery Battalion; First Heavy Artillery; 
Twenty-Second Infantry, Companies B and Mark's 
Pointe Coupee Artillery, Company C; Pointe Coupee Ar- 
tillery, Company A; Dupeire's Zouaves, Battalion com- 
manded by Capt. J. B. Flcitas; Pointe Coupee xVrtillery 
(Company B), Twenty-First Infantrj^; Twenty-Second 
Infantry (Companies C and D) ; Third Infantry; Twen- 
ty-Seventh Infantry; Twenty-Eighth Infantry; Tv.enty- 
Sixth Infantry; Seventeenth Infantry and Thirty-Fir->t 
Infantry; and to the commands in Johns' on 's Army. 

Portrait Tablets : 

Ten : Generals Hebert, Higgins, Richardson, Slioup, and 
Thomas; Colonel ^larks, Major Martin, Lieutenant Colo- 
nels Griffin, ]\IcLaurin and Rogers. 

Song, "The End of a Perfect Day." 

Benediction Rev. J. II. White 

Chaplain First Mississippi Division U. C. V. 

"The Star-Spangled Banner." 

The feature of the dedication ceremonies was the Commem- 
orative Address by Colonel J. D. Hill, which was so replete 
with history and patriotism that it should be read by everyone 
in Louisiana, and indeed, in the South, and the entire country, 
and therefore it is copied herein in full : 

"We thank Thee, Lord of Hosts, that Thou hast lengthened 
our days to see this Day of Consummation ; in which are fulfilled 
the hopes and desires of thousands, now living, in our dear 
State of Louisiana, and of other thousands, who compass us about, 
as a great cloud of witnesses, unseen, but both bodies, together, 
rejoicing with us in our joy and celebration of this day. 

"Notable day indeed, for we are here assembled to dedicate 
this memorial, a shaft of beauty, rising from this sacred soil, con- 
secrated by the blood, which so freely baptized it, near three score 
years ago; and reared by a grateful people, through the action of 
its State Legislature and Governor, who voice the will of the com- 
monwealth, generously consenting to the use of the public funds, 
to do honor to the sons of Louisiana, living and dead, who had 
taken their part in the Vicksburg campaign of 1862 and 1863. 

"What means then this memorial, this towering column, 
placed by the allotment of the United States commissioners of 



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the Vicksbiirg Natioiia] Military Parle upon the most beautiful 
site within its borders, yet built to embody the proud declaration 
of a sovereisi-n State in this twentieth year of this twentieth cen- 
tury, that it gloried then, and still glor'es in the prowess and de- 
votion of Jts sons oi three score year^ ago! 

"ITow comes it to pass, that an approval of this action, by the 
mighty union of States, can now complacently be given to the 
unveiling of a memorial, erected by f: State to honor and com- 
memorate its .soldic^rs who became such, solely, to attempt -"o dis- 
sever and dissolve this union. 

"This event as a fact, stands unparalleled in the history of 
any other country in the world. 

"The theme is absorbing, but time forbids more than a 
glimpse at what has given to my mind some solace for the past, a 
solution foi- the present and a promise for the future. 

"The war was inevitable, given the American character, and 
the susceptibilitj^ of the Constitution to a double interpretation. 

"The growth of conviction in a peculiar interpretation, nat- 
urally follows pulilic opinion, hence sectionalism in the pre-war 
interpretations, and antagonism, almost of historical necessity 
when you consider the founding and building of the States, North 
and South. 

"The thirteen States, of the Revolution of 76, fringed the 
Atlantic. They were practically of North European descent, but, 
however, with sufficient difference, incident to their founding, to 
make them autonomous and anxious for individual independence, 
both, wdien drawn together in the Confederation of 1781, and in 
the establishment of the Constitution of 1789. 

"A greater difference, in the founding of the other States, 
led to a more distinct cleavage form the Atlantic States, in their 
sense of separate independence and autonomy as they were 
erected out of land acquired by the Louisiana purchase, by the 
Floridian treaty with Spain, by the annexation of Texas and by 
the cession of territory by Mexico of Western and Pacific re- 
gions, at the close of the Mexican war. So that, by 1860, the 
States of the Union had as citizens the descendents of every Eu- 
ropean state. 

"A sense of separateness and individuality was therefore 
historically natural to the Gulf Southern States, and the Atlan-- 



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tic Southern States. Their increase of population was largely 
home-born, and they held to the traditions of their fathers, as 
to the individuality and autonomy of the ^lother State, when, 
after, she entered into the Union. 

"The natural trend of Public Opinion therefore, in the 
Southern States, would be to accept that construction of the 
Constitution which favored 'States' rights.' 

"What was occurring in the States north of 'Mason and 
Dixon's Line,' to establish a natural trend of public opinion? 
And what construction of the Constitution would it tend to 
make the north States accept? 

"The North Atlantic States and the Great Northwest terri- 
tory, which had been given to the United States by the State of 
Virginia, but still then, sparsely populated, were being settled 
largely by immigration from Europe. Alillions of foreigners 
entered the country by the year 1860, and a great preponderance ' 
of them made their homes in Northern States. What this meant 
in creating public opinion in favor of nationalism is incalcula- 
ble, when you consider that every immigrant, who became a 
citizen received a naturalization paper setting forth solemnly 
and impressively, that he renounced 'all allegiance' 'to any for- 
eign prince, potentate. State or sovereignty, whatsoever, 'and 
thereupon he was admitted 'to be a citizen of the United States 
of America.' The importance of this fact is emphasized and 
you are more indelibly impressed by it, as those last eight words 
were printed in capital Gothic type. They stamped themselves 
upon the mind of the applicant, and equally upon the minds of 
the two witnesses, who supported his application. 

"A further impulse of public opinion in the North towards 
this construction, came from the formation of the Whig Party, 
which came into existence, following the defeat of the lull to re- 
charter the United States Bank. It adhered to the theory of 
consolidation, moved thereto by the tariff agitation. 

"It advocated the protective policy which was threatened by 
the nullification program of South Carolina in 1832. The man 
above all others who inspired the theory with an immortal ap- 
peal was Andrew Jackson, the Father of Democracy, when he 
proclaimed his platform, in answer to the nullification Acts of 
South Carolina. 'The Union must, and shall be preserved.' 



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"That the Union slionkl be preserved, was the constant 
theme during these exciting days, of Daniel Webster, wlio de- 
voted his life, his natural gifts and stately eloquence to main- 
taining that construction of the Constitution, which opened to 
the people the growth of a mighty empire, and power to its 
every citizen. 

"But, was that construction the interpretation given to 
the Constitution by the thirteen States, which, by their ratifi- 
cation, established the T'nited States in 1789? 

"Hear what a Republican statesman and historian says, in 
considering the masterly efforts of Webster, both in weighing 
their influences upon public opinion, and declaring their effect 
upon the history of the country from his own day, and for all 
time: 

" 'So long as Mr. Webster confined himself to defending the 
Constitution as it actually was and as what it had come to mean 
in point of fact, he was invincible. Just in proportion as he 
left this ground and attempted to argue on historical premises 
that it was a fundamental law, he weakened his position, for 
the historical facts were against him. In the actual present 
and in the steady course of development, the facts were wholly 
with Mr. AVebster. Whatever the people of the United States 
understood the Constitution to mean in 1789, there can be 7io 
question that a majority in 1883 regarded it as a fundamental 
law and not a compact. But it was quite another thing to argue 
that what constitution had come to mean, was what it meant 
when it was adopted. The indentity of meaning at these two 
periods was the proposition which Mr. Webster undertook to 
maintain, and he upheld it as well and as plausibly as the 
nature of the case admitted. His reasoning was close and vig- 
orous; but he could not destroy the theory of the Constitution 
as held by leaders and people in 1789, or reconcile the Virginia 
and Kentucky resolutions, or the Hartford Convention, with 
the fundamental law doctrines. Nevertheless, it would be an 
error to suppose that because the facts of history were against 
Mr. Webster in these particulars, this able, ingenious, and elab- 
orate argument was thrown away. It reiterated the national, 
as distinguished from the State rights principles, and fur- 



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nished those whom the statement and demonstration of an ex- 
isting fact conld not satisfy, with an immense magazine of 
lucid reasoning and plausible and effective argument. But in 
his final speech in this debate Mr. Webster came back to his 
original ground, and said in conclusion : 

" 'Shall we have a general government? Shall we continue 
the union of States under a government instead of a league? 
This vital and all important question the people will decide.' 
And when the vital question went to the Northern people, they 
cast aside all historical premises and deductions, all legal sub- 
tleties and refinements, and gave their verdict on the existing 
facts. The world knows what that verdict was, and will never 
forget that it was largely due to the splendid eloquence of Dan- 
iel Webster, when he defended the cause of nationality against 
the advocates of State rights.' 

"The people of the Southern States persistently held to the 
historical facts of 1789, and the doctrine of reserved rights, 
therefore their construction of the constitution diametrically op- 
posed that of the great majority in the Northern section, and as 
the leaders and the masses, on both sides were Americans all, 
the arbitrament of war was on by 3861. 

"The Constitution, like statute law, has no inherent force 
to determine and to execute its provisions. It becomes opera- 
tive through the agency of the constituted authorities elected 
or appointed by and from, the people. So that right or wrong, 
the final construction of the Constitution had to conform to what 
the people, the masses believed. 

"The war between the States was a revolution, the Union of 
States under the compact of 1789, ended with the surrender at 
Apporaatox, April 9, 1865, dissolving the forces of States' rights 
supporters, and following the tragic interlude of reconstruction, 
the construction of the Constitution, under which we live, today, 
in accordance with the principles to which I have just alluded, 
has consolidated the forty-eight commonwealths and the terri- 
tories into 'an Tndestruetible Union of Indestnu'tible States.' 

' ' This exposition of the past is the solution of the present. It 
accounts for this family gathering of today. And it is no ano- 
maly, in spite of the conditions of 1861 and 1865, that the United 



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States should now complacently accept, and undertake to guard 
and preserve the war memorial of her daughter, the State of 
Louisiana, at the mouth of the Mississippi, with the same in- 
terest and solicitude as that given to the great mausoleum me- 
morial of the State of Illinois, another daughter lying so near to 
the Mississippi 's source ; ' for we are all once more within our 
Father's House.' 

"We have witnessed, within the last hour, the dedication of 
the 'Memorial Arch,' commemorating the 'National Reunion and 
Peace Jubilee,' held at Vicksburg, in October, 1917. Its open- 
way greets and welcomes alike the wayfarers from every section 
of the United States. 

"It towers in massive grandeur, one pier springing from the 
soil upon the North-side, and the other pier from the soil upon 
the South, but alluring symmetry and grace imbue the whole 
structure, only when they conjoin each other, and mingling in 
close embrace they unite their strength and show forth to the 
admiring vision, the Triumphal Arch. Fit emblem, in ever- 
lasting granite to typify, as well as to commemorate, that Re- 
union and Jubilee. 

"That all these facts, to which I have alluded, hold a promise 
for the future, needs no argument in words. 

"That challenge, 'What hath God wrought?' in establishing 
this great American nation as a factor in determining the destiny 
of the world, has been answered, in no small part, by its achieve- 
ments, since April 6, 1917 in the greatest war of all times. Its 
existence has been justified, by its heroic deeds of 1917 and 
1918, should it never again appear in the world's arena. But 
we know that no such mighty instrument of advancement, civ- 
ilization and exemplary appeal to mankind and the govern- 
ments of the earth, can have been formed by the Hand of 
Providence, to fit so aptly into the needs of that day, were it 
not to be used for other glorious and beneficial purposes ' in the 
Tides of Time.' " 

After the dedication of the Monument and after the Secretary 
of War of the United States had given permission to place in 
the Park portrait tablets of Major (afterwards General) Fred- 
erick N. Ogden, who commanded the Eighth Louisiana Battal- 



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ion, Heavy Artillery, and of Cnpt. Toby Hart of Company "E" 
of said Battalion a resolntion providing therefor, was adopted 
in these words : 

"Whereas, after completing the main Louisiana State Me- 
morial in the Vicksburg Military Park, as provided by Act No. 
95 of the General Assembly of Louisiana of 1918, and for the 
three portrait tablets provided in the act, there is a balance 
of the appropriation of fifty thousand dollars expended amount- 
ing to Seven Hundred and Ninety-five Dollars ; and, 

"Whereas, in order to properly complete Louisiana's work 
in the Park there should be portrait tablets of INIajor (afterwards 
General) Frederick N. Ogden, who commanded the Eighth 
Louisiana Battalion, Heavy Artillery, and of Captain Toby Hart, 
of Company "E " of said Battalion, which will cost together, One 
Thousand, Three Hundred and eighty-four Dollars ; and, 

"Whereas, W. 0. Hart, a member of the Commission and 
the son of Captain Hart has agreed individually to furnish the 
Commission the difference between said one thousand, three 
hundred and eighty-four dollars and the amount of said unex- 
pended appropriation, to-wit, the sum of Five Hundred and 
Eighty-nine Dollars, therefore, 

"Be it resolved. That said donation be accepted and Captain 
W. T. Rigby, Superintendent of the Park, be authorized to con- 
tract for said portrait tablets and to call on the Commission for 
payment thereof whenever necessary." 

This work has been completed and there are now five portrait 
tablets to be dedicated at some appropriate time. 

The Monument, which is considered one of the handsomest in 
the Park, bears simply the word ' ' Louisiana ' ' on the face and on 
the two sides are given the names of the forty-one Commands 
from Louisiana who participated in the Vicksburg Campaign : 



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LOUISIANA COMMANDS IN THE VICKSBURG CAM- 
PAIGN OF 1863. 

Third Infantry. 

Fourth Infantry. 

Twelfth Infantry. 

Thirteenth Infanty. 

Sixteenth Infantry. 

Seventeenth Infantry. 

Nineteenth Infantry. 

Twentieth Infantry. 

Twenty-First Infantry. 

Twenty-Fifth Infantry. 

Twenty-Sixth Infantry. 

Twenty-Seventh Infantry. 

Twenty-Eighth Infantry. 

Twenty-Ninth Infantry. 

Thirtieth Infantry. 

Thirty-First Infantry. 

Fourth Battalion. 

Fourteenth Battalion of Sharpshooters. 

Fleitas' Zouave Battalion. 

Martin's Independent Cavalry Company. 

Bond's Companj' First Heavy Artillery. 

Bruce 's Company First Heavy Artillery. 

Butler's Companj^ First Heavy Artillery. 

Capers' Company First Heavy Artillery. 

Grayson's Company First Heavy Artillery. 

Haynes' Company First Heavy Artillery. 

Lamon's Company First Heavy Artillery. 

Robertson's Company First Heavy Artillery. 

Barrow's Company of Eighth Battalion Heavy Artillery. 

Grandpre's Company of Eighth Battalion Heavy Artillery. 

Hart's Company of Eighth Battalion Heavy Artillery. 

McCrory's Company of Eighth Battalion Heavy Artillery. 

Company "A" Pointe Coupee Artillery. 

Company "B" Pointe Coupee Artillery. 

Company "C" Pointe Coupee Artillery. 

Fifth Company Washington Artillery. 



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Fenner's Battery. 
Diirrive's Battery. 

Gomez's Company of Twenty-Second Regiment of Artillery. 
Mark's Company of Twenty-Second Regiment of Artillery. 
Morlot's Company of Twenty-Second Regiment of Artillery. 
Theard's Company of Twenty-Second Regiment of Artillery. 
The back panel of the Monument Base bears this inscrip- 
tion : 

"This monument erected under the provisions of Act No. 
95 of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, approved 
July 3rd, 1918. 

".Ground broken July 10th, 1919. 
"Corner Stone Laid September 18th, 1920. 
"Monument Unveiled, October 18th, 1920." 
The funds appropriated by the Act were disbursed as fol- 
lows, by the State Auditor, under warrants of the Commission : 

Revs. 1918. Act 95 of 1918, Appropriation $12,500.00 

June 7. Captain P. D. DeClouet, Expenses attend- 
ing meeting 96.00 

Capt. R. N. Rea, Expenses attending meet- 
ing 77.99 

June 20. Richard Relf, Enlargement of picture of 

Lieut.-Col. L. L. McLaurin 4.00 

Nov. 28. W. 0. Hart, Sundry expenses, etc. postage 
and expenses in attending ceremonies 
at Vicksburg on July 10, 1919, also 

automobile hire on July 10, 1919 86.12 

Capt. W. T. Rigby, Three 'bases in Vicks- 
burg Park and portrait tablet of 

Lieut.-Col. iMcLaurin 603.00 

The Busy Printing Co., Invitation, Pro- 
grams and cuts for the Vicksburg cere- 
monies of July 10^ 1919 28.10 

A. B. Booth, Expenses in attending cere- 
monies at Vicksburg on July 10, 1919... 22.89 
Jas. D. Hill, expenses in attending cere- 
monies at Vicksburg on July 10, 1919.. 21.84 
P. L. DeClouet, Expenses in attending cere- 
; monies at Vicksburg on July 10, 1919... 55.00 
A. F. Theard, account of service as Engi- 
• neer , 1,200.00 



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Dec. 4. Capt. R. N. Rea, Expenses in attending 
meeting of Commissioners in New Or- 
leans June 2, and Vicksburg July 10, 

1919 ' 48.88 

Dec. 16. Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Co. 

Part of contract for building monu- 
ment 9,502.00 

Dec. 23. Pan-American Bank & Trust Co., Part 
of safety deposit box for year begin- 
ning Aug. 8, 1919 3.00 

$11,748.82 

1920— 

Feb. 23. The Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Co., 
Part of amount for monument in 
Vicksburg Park as per estimate No. 2 
of A. F. Theard, Engineer, Feb. 4, 

1920 751.18 



$12,500.00 

Revs. 1919, Appropriation $25,000.00 

1920— 

Feb. 23. The Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Co., 
Balance of amount for monument in 
Vicksburg Park as per estimate No. 2 
of A. F. Theard, Engineer, Feb. 4, 
1920 $ 5,372.82 

Sept. 7. For Vicksburg National Park Monument 19*,627.18 

$25,000.00 

Revs. 1920, A ppropriation $12,500.00 

1920— 

Sept. 7. Albert Wei!:>len Marble & Granite Co., 
For Vicksburg National Park Monu- 
ment $ 284.49 

Richard Relf, Enlarging picture of Lieut.- 

Col. Rogers 2.00 

Oct 30. Wallace & Co., Ltd., Three Hundred invita- 
tions for dedication of La. State Memo- 
rial in Vicksburg National Militarv 
Park 1 21.50 

Oct. 30. Richard Relf, Enlarging picture of Lieut.- 
Col. Griffin for portrait tablet to be 
placed in Vicksburg Military Park 2.00 



Capt. W. T. Rigby, portrait tablets of 
Lieut. -Col. Madison Rogers and Lieut.- 
Col. S. H. Griffin to be placed in 
Vieksburg National Park 540.00 

A. F. Theard, final payment as engineer for 
La. State Memorial in Vieksburg Na- 
tional Military Park 1,532.19 

Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Co. Final 
payment on La. State Memorial in 
Vieksburg National Park 8,708.92 

$11,091.10 
Jan. 20. Capt. R. N. Rea, Expenses attending meet- 
ing of Commissioners Sept. 18 and 

Oct. 18, 1920 33.47 

Richard Relf, pliotographs for portrait and 

tablet in Vieksburg Military Park 5.50 

The Busy Printing Co. Printing letter- 
heads 4.75 

Walle & Co., Ltd., Additional invitations 

for unveiling of La. Memorial 21.00 

A. B. Booth, Expenses as member of advi- 
sory Committee of La. Vieksburg Park 
Memorial Commission at transfer of 

La. State IMemorial on Oct. 18, 1920 26.01 

Tlie College Studio, Photograph for laying 

of cornerstone 20.00 

The Busy Printing Co. Program for dedica- 
tion of La. State Memorial 113.50 

Jan. 22. J. B. Unglaub, photographs for corner stone 20.00 

Jan. 31. J. D. Hill, expenses in attending meeting in 

Vieksburg, Sept. 18 and Oct. 18, 1920 89.96 

W. 0. Hart, expenses in attending meetings 
at Vieksburg, Sept. 18 and Oct. 18, 
1920 and expenses of laying corner- 
stone and dedication of La. State 

Memorial 279.70 

Mar. 17. Capt. W. T. Rigby, for completion of La. 
State ^Memorial in Vieksburg National 
Military Park 759.01 

$12,464.00 
Balance 36.00 

$12,500.00 



Recently the War Department of the United States authoriz- 
ed each State whose troops participated in the Vicksburg Cam- 
paign to place therein the statues of its War Governors. The 
States so participating are carved on the Memorial Arch before 
referred to and are as follows : 

Confederate : Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Ken- 
tucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Caro- 
lina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia. 

Union : Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachu- 
setts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, 
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Wisconsin. 

That Louisiana might not be backward in availing itself of 
this concession from the United States Government, an Act has 
been introduced and is now pending before the Legislature, au- 
thorizing the erection of such statues, and making an appropria- 
tion therefor, and it is hoped that same will be passed at the 
present session. The Act is House Bill No. 153 and reads as fol- 
lows: 

"AN ACT 

"For the erection in the Vicksburg Military Park of Statues to 
Thomas Overton Moore and Henry Watkins Allen, Governors 
of Louisiana during 1861 to 1865, the time of the War Be- 
tween the States, and making an appropriation therefor, 

"Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana, 
That the Louisiana- Vicksburg Park Memorial Commission, creat- 
ed by Act No. 95 of 1918, approved July 3, be, and it is hereby, 
authorized to accept the invitation of the National Vicksburg 
Military Park Commission, given with the concurrence of the 
Secretary of War of the United States, to place in said Park 
statues of Governor Thomas Overton Moore and of Governor 
Henry Watkins Allen, the Chief Executives of Louisiana during 
the years 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864 and 1865, the time of the War 
Between the States. 

"Section 2. That there is hereby' appropriated for the pur- 
poses of this act out of any funds not otherwise appropriated, 
the sum of Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dollars, same to be 



disbursed bj' the State Auditor upon the warrants of the Presi- 
dent and Secretary of said Commission." 

In closing, it may be interesting to refer to the work of the 
different States in the Park : 

"Statement as to State Appropriations for the Vicksburg 
National Military Park, giving in each case the number of com- 
mands engaged, the amount of the appropriation and the work 
placed in the Park. 

Illinois, 76, $810,000— State ^Memorial, 2 equestrians, 1 statue, 

2 busts, 78 monuments and 85 markers. 
Indiana, 28, $38,000—16 monuments and 53 markers. 
Iowa, 32, $150,000 — State Memorial, 13 monuments and 53 

markers. 

Louisiana, 41, $50,000.00— State Memorial and 4 bronze 
portraits (9 bronze portraits and 13 monuments as gifts). 
Massachusetts 3, $5,000— State Memorial. 
]M:chigan, 9, $20,000— State Memorial, and 1 monument. 

IMiunesota, 4, $25,500— State memorial. 3 monuments and 3 
markers. 

Mississippi, 41, $50,931— State Memorial and 23 monuments. 
Missouri, 42 (27 Union 15 Confederate) $50,000— State Me- 
morial, 16 Monuments and 34 markers (5 portraits, 3 

monuments, 4 markers as gifts) . 
New Hampshire 3, $5,000— State Memorial. 
New York, 4, $12,500— State Memorial. 
Ohio 39, $55,000—39 monuments and 20 markers. 
Pennsylvania, 5, $15,000— State Memorial with 5 medallion 

portraits. 
Rhode Island, 1, $5,000— State Memorial. 
Wisconsin, 17, $130,000— State Memorial, 3 portraits 13 

monuments, 7 markers. 
West Virginia, 1, $7,500 — State IMemorial, heroic bust and 4 

markers. 
Totals: States, 16; Commands 348; Appropriations, $930,- 

431 ; 14 Memorials ; 18 Memorial Bronze Portraits ; 202 

Monuments and 265 Markers." 



It will be noted in connection with the above statement that 
since the Monument was dedicated, Louisiana has placed in the 
Park the two additional Memorial Portrait Tablets before re- 
ferred to. 

Respectfully submitted, 

J. D. Hill, President, 
R. N. Rea, Treasurer, 
W. 0. Hart, Secretary. 

LOUISIANA-VICKSBURG PARK MEMORIAL 
COMMISSION. 

"The muffled drum's sad roll has beat 

The soldier's last tattoo; 
No more on Life's parade shall meet 

That brave and fallen few ; 
On Fame's eternal camping ground 

Their silent tents are spread, 
And glory guards, with solemn round. 

The bivouac of the dead." 



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